Strong growth in energy generation from biomass presents good opportunities for growing Miscanthus on long-term contracts, and increasing demand from whole bale power stations burning Miscanthus, means more planting is needed. Farmers interested in finding out about growing the crop… Read More »Calling all Midlands farmers
According to the Welsh Government, approximately 80% of the land area in Wales is designated as a less favourable area (LFA). This means that production conditions are difficult, such as areas where land, climatic and cultivation conditions are poor. The… Read More »Opportunity for more Miscanthus growers in wales?
The first Miscanthus house in the world is being built out of Miscanthus bales, in Machynlleth. A collaborative project by CAT, the University of Aberystwyth and Terravesta is exploring the potential to use Miscanthus as a building material as a… Read More »The world’s first Miscanthus bale house
Rafal Plaszewski and Mikolaj Glodek work with the head of science and technology, Michal Mos, on Miscanthus scientific field trials. Both will have a similar role, as field assistants, although Rafal will do more of the machinery work due to experience… Read More »Introducing our new field assistant duo
The field visit and information day held next week on 28th September 2017, will give Welsh growers the opportunity to visit commercial and research scale Miscanthus plantations in mid-Wales, with talks by Aberystwyth scientists and the Terravesta team. Helen Minnice-Smith, senior agriculture… Read More »Welsh Miscanthus Safari
Terravesta is to sponsor ‘The Natural Eye’, the 54th annual exhibition of the Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA), which runs at Mall Galleries, London, from 19-29th October 2017. As part of the sponsorship, Terravesta has created a new £2,000 prize… Read More »Terravesta sponsors 2017 Society of Wildlife Artists exhibition
Don’t miss our autumn farm walks – spaces are running out so book on today by visiting our homepage or contact Jacob Duce, E: jacobd@terravesta.com T: 01522 731873. The walks are designed to show farmers everything that’s involved with growing Miscanthus. To start the… Read More »Book today for our autumn farm walks
Snetterton Renewable Energy Plant officially opened on 14th September and our chairman, William Cracroft-Eley and our operations manager, Alex Robinson, represented Terravesta at the event. “It was an honour to be invited to the inauguration as a leading supplier, having… Read More »Snetterton Power Plant officially opens
With the demand for Miscanthus increasing, our team must grow, and we’re pleased to welcome two new members to Terravesta. Camilla Helley is our new commercial manager, and Nicola Wozniak joins as our first in-house graphic designer. Camilla Helley –… Read More »Terravesta team grows!
Our farm walks are designed to show farmers everything that’s involved with growing Miscanthus. To start the proceedings, we present on the life cycle of the crop then run through spring planting and harvesting, the limited crop maintenance required, and… Read More »Autumn farm walk dates announced
